So on one hand, this particular solution wasn’t something I was seriously considering regardless. But, I’m curious:
a) are you therefore saying it’s basically not worth it to include any kind of prompt for meetups on individual blogposts? (this seems fine and coherent, but my previous comment was basically oriented around “how to give meetups as much exposure as we can without being distracting or producing weird cultural effects” and am curious what your own thoughts on that are.)
b) I’m not actually sure what the concern here is (I do have a vague ugh field around sites that do this – i.e. when tumblr shows me three random posts I might want to read after a post, something about that feels annoying, but I’m not sure why. Distraction doesn’t feel like the right word – I just finished a post, so it’s not like it’s ripping me out of my train of thought)
For B:
I have an analogy—it’s more like a Wikipedia article with relevant links interspersed than a clickbait article with a list of “you won’t believe what happens when you use this formula on yourself”, at the bottom.
I’m going to second a permanent sidebar. Frankly, I wouldn’t play coy with the concerns of in-person organizers. If they’re not among your top three priorities then your priorities happen to be wrong.
No. You can encourage authors to back link. But this is way too much like distraction.
So on one hand, this particular solution wasn’t something I was seriously considering regardless. But, I’m curious:
a) are you therefore saying it’s basically not worth it to include any kind of prompt for meetups on individual blogposts? (this seems fine and coherent, but my previous comment was basically oriented around “how to give meetups as much exposure as we can without being distracting or producing weird cultural effects” and am curious what your own thoughts on that are.)
b) I’m not actually sure what the concern here is (I do have a vague ugh field around sites that do this – i.e. when tumblr shows me three random posts I might want to read after a post, something about that feels annoying, but I’m not sure why. Distraction doesn’t feel like the right word – I just finished a post, so it’s not like it’s ripping me out of my train of thought)
For B: I have an analogy—it’s more like a Wikipedia article with relevant links interspersed than a clickbait article with a list of “you won’t believe what happens when you use this formula on yourself”, at the bottom.
For A: I prefer a permanent sidebar. I don’t like floating, disappearing or overly complicated “features”.
I’m going to second a permanent sidebar. Frankly, I wouldn’t play coy with the concerns of in-person organizers. If they’re not among your top three priorities then your priorities happen to be wrong.